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Tbb Bomumct Hksaxb,
SoMXBirr, Pa.
4 C. HOLPERT,
A. ATlvJ.Y-AT-LAW,
bumenet. Fa.
Offic. with John H. ThL
FEED. Y. P.IESF.CKF.L,
AnvKsEY-Al-LAW,
somerset. Pa.
0Sr la Printiinj Uoo Kow, ovkow Court
K.1S.
G' KoKt-iK K. SCULL.
I T7 Vk-NtY-ATLAVt-.
tvmmrl, Pa.
J Am KSEY AT LAW,
w.itv t) w v iTT
jmrtt. Pa.
II" J. KhwKK,
. Arr.ksL-r at law
numerwt. Pa.
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11. ATTfiiSEY-AT I AW.
sower!. Pa.
C. TRENT. .
, A1TORNEYAT-LAW.
' i-mnenet. Pa.
MJ. PIUTTS.
. ATfuRNEYATLAW.
Soineiset, Pa.
fB in Somen! County K.i k
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J AnoK.NLAT.VT.
11 Mwinm ei.tru-.-.l to their care will be
!iaTL I'Vol rtrUIHe Mn,m.tb Bio, k.
AHOKNKY -AT LAW.
" .tucret. Pa.,
W ill cive i.mnjrt an.nti.i Wibwliiei. entriwed
. .-e tn huui tn,; n
ki'Alf.
DENXlS MEYERS.
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KU leral llinM ftitrutl to li ..re lll he
a,i"l.-!n..-ii ,..)..-
mi I ui.m r:. ,..tiuUie ( ort ll'Hi.
J ATTOKNKY.AT.LAW.
ill altml to " toiflf- entrulf1 to hi ara
In
-T.i'd fU-i.tv on M.in tro siiwrt.
Klkher b.ml 'u,l
I rVNIE L. n .n.
- ATTOKSEY-AT-LAW.
moierwt. Pa.
!tif tn MmnPtfi'h B'.
k. up tir. Kmmnre
art! Ml title tiul. and all Iu,ui. at-t.-li-i-.l
to ith .iuiuue ami nanny.
A J. :v L. C. toLaoai..
Cv)Lli)K.N"AO'!.HiRN,
AnoKNEYivAI-IAW
K.tn.Tset, Pa.
Ill t.'if'.ne entnit'-d tn onr eare will t
li... Mir-e)!n ai.d ecoivevauciug doue on n
mal'le lenna.
KENKY. E. SCIIEI.E.
b- ATTUK.VEYAT-LAW
tmeret. Pa.
Bounty and Pt nsion Aprtit. 0.-e iu MamiaoUi
Bnk.
"ITALENTINE HAY, '
AHOK-NEV AT LAW.
riitmenet. Pa.
aim TW-aier iu K-al Ftate. Will attend to all
JZZm Tj;;,ru,ted to bu er with prouintnea.
and nUelm . .
JOHN' H. V1IL,
AT-1VK.NET-AT LAW.
oemerart. Pa.
WIM pily attend to all biwinei entruM-d
o. .,iu. W.i.. a.:vaa-l OB eoetuon. A. Vf
twe in laitiuiolh bhKk.
D
R. J. E. HIESECKER,
PhYSU IAS AND MR0E0S.
Mt.R.-CT. Pi.,
Tendera hif t.rofet4al atrvteea to the eltitena of
(...i.,rr- t and vii-Millj. CtSuw m Bleaeeker
D
IL II. S. KIMMELL,
Tn.lcm hi nrofewinnal errt-ea to me rtlizen
of ..m.ret and vi-iuity. I I'"""' .r.-lelonal.y
e:.ti"i he ran lie li ui.J at bu oftice on Main BI-,
htkfi oi i'ianvoud.
R. H.ERUBAKEH,
Tinier" his nnvfeaional mrrieeii to the eUten
of smirmt and vit milv . in reald-ni-e on
Alain treet weat of luaiaood.
D
IU J. M. EOETKER,
OonneWa if .w.w.)
PHYell lAS AND UCR'iEOX,
Ha tot aled pernianeuliy in Soinerwl tar the
i! in of h. pniMou. ttbw ou Alain au-eel,
in rear of Dru wire.
DR.J.S.MM1U.EX,
(taJwiit la urioijrji.)
i.i tmh. imnervattiai 'if
th' ...Ini.l uvtli. Artitnal -t l!i;nrd All
r.i-Tti..i.f ( :aiN!iietit mii-lai-tory. iix in the
r...ni..vei Ji M.lrl-.1 Co. mire, turner
AUiU tnwa and I'atnot ttreelh.
DR. JoIIX BILE,
1.ENTIPT.
Offiit up stain in Cook A Beeritt block.
DR. VM. t'OI-MN.
DENTIST.
('tare in Knepier'a Block up-stali. where he
can ae found at ail tnne prepared u do ail kinU
of work aueb an f.dinit. n iriialinpi, exiracut.
Ac ArtitK lal teeth ot all km.lf and of the be4
material innerted. All aork ruaranleed.
D
U. J. K. MILLER
ti . i .., . in b...lln f v. Ih. nrui.
tle of III. pn.Uia.loll. OflK oppuatw CUartaw
krnwinjEer more.
Somerset County Bank.
i.-TAHLlfUtD 177.)
C. J. HARRISON. M. J. PRITTS,
pRtwna.1T. CAfHiaa.
Collection made In all pan of the Vnited Stalea.
CHARGES MODERATE.
I'art . iI.in to eni mimer Wtst can e ac
cnimMiit(ii t' 1mrt nu Nt-w Yttrk iuanywini.
C".it--tii!i mue itli pninipttiei. I", tv hinitin
btiuaht and wld. M'rtirv aud TaluableP nwurrtl
by .neui ln-U.id' c .-nraied safea, with a Hax
gvul 4 Vl time luck.
C d WWaMitW. t
AU Ixcal UolidaTt OUerred.
CURTIS K. GROVE.
SOMERSET, PA.
BWilti PLEH.HS, CARRIAGES,
SPRING WAGONS, Bl"CK WAGONS.
AND EASTERN AND WESTERS WORK
PurnUh4 on Short Notice.
Painting Done on Short Time.
My work i made out of Ttnrtmffkly Srrmm! K tnjd,
aud the bm I-- iad .vw. Mituuiiially
toninn'tel. Nt:y Finished, and
IA arrauled to g.ve eali.lai'Uou.
Zrplcj Orly First Cass Tsrfcnm.
K?air1n of All Kindt la Vy Line none on
Don Notice. lTieca REASON ABLE, and
All Work Warranted.
Call aud Examine my Mock, and Learn PrVe
1 d Wafon-work. and furalRh Reives for Wind
Milla. Kemember U place, and call In.
CURTIS K. GROVE,
(Eaat of (oort How)
TIMERS ST. PA
QHARLES HOFFMAN,
MERCHANT miOR.
(Abort Hefflry't Blora,)
Laleat Htyle-a, aund LowMt Priona,
SATISFACTION CUARANTEED.
Somerset, Pa.
liie
YOL. XXXVII. NO. 23.
1889.
Harper's Magazine.
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1889.
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BENXCT r.REKR
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PiEMEDyV-PAIN
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AFTER MNrTKKK TEAM.
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ai ran Sa. ha. Una
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aw. a aaaoa raatalaiaa
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tviaa iw ,u
THE CUWt.
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taaa raars a( aaSvlaa.
saa ajaaa a. rauat aaaa
taa aaaMtaaa waiaslai
teaaata-lat. lalSMk
aatatar ml taa aA.
varttawat at SL Jacaks
OU. aaS taa kaa(kt tva
kautaa. TkaOUwaaa
S'M. as. ht4ar th ae.
and MtM u aakaaMaa
kr Mra aaall. tt. aa.
abla t wau aknat a4
aa. aaaa s.aisla'sly
l ak. wm a aala-
X. TBomrsos.
ala.
rss.. aaaala ta
I
Cares Rheamallsm, Seuralrla. Sciatica,
I-n ni haxu, Karkaclie, BeawlaeltCk
Taothacbs, Korethroat, stweU.
iaaa. Proattiltea. Hpraiaa,
llrmisea, "BI, Kara a,
and Kealda.
Mi n fVwia, asd WAert fiwvHn
THE CHARLES A VOr.ELEi CO- Baltuaar. Us.
Try Ayer's Pills'
For Rheumatism, Neuralgia, and Gout.
Stephen Insini;, of Yonkers, J". Y..
says : Recommended iu a cure for
chronic daitiveness, Ayer's Pills have
relieved me from that trouble and also
lroio Gont, If every victim of this tli.
easo would heed ouly three words of
mine, I could banish (iout frum the land,
Thcso words would be 'Try Ayer'a
l'iils.' "
By the nse of Ayer's Pills alone, I
cured myself fN-rmunently of rheuma
tism win. It bil l in, I, ;.-d um several
months. Thee 1'ilisareat once h:irinleH
and etfei'tual, and. L lielteve, woubl
prove a sjiecihc iu ail cases ot iutipk-ni
Rheumatism.
Ko iTielirinft conld liaTe nerred me In
Wtfer Rtead." C. C Kock, Corner,
Aroyrllea I'ariMi, La.
F. Hopkin.s Nrada Citr, writes ;
' I have n-l Ayer'a I'iliK for HixT-tn
Yf-ara, and I think They are tlie Itest I'iiln
Hi the world. We keep a box of them
in the house nil th tinje. Tbey have
'itrd nieof nick he ad a. he and neuraium.
Hiait'c lakin Ayr'n ilN, I have been
In from tbene C4tnpla:iiL.
I hare, derived great benefit from
Ayer's Fills. Five tear a,i: I waa
taken a) ill with rheumatism tliut I was
unable to do any work. J took thretj
lMxe of Ayer'a Pills and waa entirely
cured. Since that t.tue I am never
w-thont a bix ot thre pilln." Feter
ChrutenMin, tiherwood, Wis.
Ayer's Cathartic Pills,
FBEPAKEi) HX
Dr. J. C. Aver it Co., Lowell, Mass.
bold by all DraJera In Medicine.
WAS ROSCOECONKLING'S CASE NECES
SARILY FATAL.
From a Mveree.M Mr., a ite of Rev. R. L.
Hit k man, of Fnwprity, V svhmfirtoii eountv. Ia .
whi kf ii kerl wiih a Mvetv fsftin tn the ear and
tide of the heatt, fon-inx her lo ?erk eiiert trvnt
ment. The (vin, mwi-llimr and cftt xi the brain
njMde tt plain the intUmut ion m in the m'iH
rtf 4b pnaiiinence tnind the ear a hi b are
neparan-'l fnin the brain by a wall mx thfrker
ibftn a ,-heet of pi!er The df 'h of :Snntif H
se (onkiins frfin thl nme attliftion rati. no
lit'lp alarm u br family and frit nd. I'nderthe
Kkillfut treatment of Ir"dl"r. the Kyeand Vat
S(ie-ialii. B c I'tna Avenm. IittNirBh. iirtirov
mt-nt wan at etHh;hed. wbwh eliniied tc
jserfVet nM-overy of Nrth h.aHh and heMiinfr,
1 he "imdar '" of Mr. L. L Hunter of Tid
u F.. in which the eelln had lo e nr-a-l.
entinK with perfect recovery, demon rtrato- lh
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v
IGEAINS,
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TInttiii Hugs, Jlat.
Sbades, and Shade Materials.
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It is to Your Interest
TO BI Y VOI R
Drugs and Medicines
or
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ST0CESSOLS TO C. 5. BOYD.
None but the purest and best kept in stock,
and when Irrujrs become inert by stand
ing, as certain of them do, we de
stroy them, rather than im
pose on our customers.
You can depend on having your
PRESCPJPTIONS & FAMILY RECEIPTS
filled with care. Our prices are as low as
any otlier tint-class liou.- and on
many articles much lower.
Tlie people of this county seem to know
this, and liave given ns a large sliare of their
pmtronaee, and we shall still continue to give
them the very beat roods for their money.
Do not forget that we make a specially of
FITTIXGr TRUSSES.
We guarantee satisfaction, and, if you have
had trouble in this direction,
give iu a call.
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES
in great variety ; A full set of Test Lenes.
Come in and have your eyes examined. No
charge for examination, and we are confident
we can suit yon. Come and see ns.
Respectfully,
BIESEKER L SNYDER.
DROPSY TREATED FREE. I
bave treated DROPSY and ila eoinplica
tKjn with tn aati.trrf.il Sucrvsa. I e
Vtretahie Compounds, line radenis prooonDe
ed bopelaas by ibe hesrt phviciana. taara of lonf
MaDdina. en." that have taa tapped a nufliter
of tiroes and declared unable ui live a ek. ire
mil btorvof roureaae, how km- afflicted, sex.
Ac. la fees yoa order trial, .end Is cents la
Stan rat tor posuire.
taut-lra. J. K. WEIDVER, West Earl. Pa.
SOIVCERSET, PA.,
THE
WIDOW'S THANKSGIV
ING FESTIVAL.
Dreadful indeed bad been the accident
Hi rough the carelessness of switch-tender
a passenger train bad jumped the
track aad plunged aver a bigli trestle
work. Twenty people were killed at
once, and at least forty injured. Among
the latter waa James Say brook. Some had
bruises mil broken bones ; others were
taken op insensible, and, after lingering
for a few days, died without returning to
consciousness a merciful dispensation.
Tlie physicians pronounced Mr. Say
brook s spine so seriously injurid that
they could bold out small hopes of bis re
covery. He was a vigorous man of middle-ags,
with a lovely, loving wife and three chil
dren ; full of plans for a career he meant
to make noble and useful. Ilia reputation
wu wide and lofty, his personal friends
numerous and warm ; he had a moderate
fortune and a pleasant home. What
more conld this life offer ? Yet here he
Lava, the helpless victim of a man's care.
IcKuness,
It seemed to his wife then that, with
him all she caret I for was fading away.
Her children were about her, but they
were young. They leaned on her, and
she had clung to her husband for help
to bear the cans aud burdens of living,
till she had grown as a vine grows weak
of stem, unable to stand alone, prostrate
if unaided. Now she was wearing out
with a strain of suspense and anxiety ;
trying to keep her face cr.lm and her
hands steady ; leaving the bedside only
when flesh and spirit could bear thegiress
no longer, and to stay would have been
dangerous to her husband, and agony un
endurable to her.
So it went ou, day after day. Some
times he was better, or she thought so,
oftener he was worse. The alternations
of hope and fear tortured her, and, in
watching the minute symptoms aud the
trivial details, she lortt all power to com
prehend the case.
She did not see that he was gaining
anything that no day found hiui stronger,
but that every week he lost something
and suffered souie new pain. But the end
came, and to her, came suddenly. She
was called from her troubled sleep to find
him unconscious, to see htm die, speech
kus and unrecognizing. As she buried
her head in the pillow besiJe her dead,
she longed to be dead, too. But the chil
dren called from without Life challeng
ed her, even in her despair. They must
not enter, so she rose and went out to
them. They were children they could
not even know what death was ; and
their questions, their want of grief stung
her to the quick. She w as not generous
or sympathetic enough to understand
them, and for the first time she felt a
fierce impatience of their presence, and
sent them away to the nursery. Then
she was quite alone, and began to realize
it.
But why should I di-s;Tibe the dire an
guish w. have almost all of as suffered in
some form ? What I have to do with is
Mrs. Saybrook's life after the funeral pa
geant was over, the grave green, the chil
dren taught their sorrow by those about
them, and then comforted into forgetful
ncss. But Harriot Say brook did not for
get ; time could not comfort her. She felt,
lay by day, more deeply her loss ; she
fathomed its meaning ; she knew it to be
past repair in the language of Scripture,
she " mourned, and refused to be com
forted."" Her children were careless, happy, and
in health they had their school and
comrades ; but she bad made few friends
in Salem, where her husband brought her
a bride.
She was not a woman of broad nature,
and yet she was intense. She had found
all she wanted or needed in her hus
band's alW'tion nd society even the ;
ch'ldivn were secondary to hi.it in her
heart ; and, though she had acquaintan
ces in her social sphere, and dispensed
charity as freely as her means would al
low, there was no one now to whom she
could oien her heart, and thus find the
relief of " the grief that Hpeaks.''
A dreary Sunday in November had
come to an end. The tw ilight shadows
had fallen, and, after going into the nur
sery to see the children safe in bed, she
went down to the library, to Fpend a soli
tary evening. The rain beat fiercely
against the windows, and, in its gusty
pauses, the surf sent its thundering echo
on the wings of the wind, even through
the heart of the town. She stood before
the fire, in her sombre widow's weedsi
gazing absently into the flickering flames.
She was thinking about the proclamation
for Thanksgiving Pay, that had been read
from the pulpit that morning. And a
smile, sadder than tears, crossed her
lips.
Thanksgiving !" she murmured. " I
keep Thanks. iving ?
She sank into a chair, and lost herself
in a gloomy reverie. She thought of the
many times she had kept that festival
kept it outwardly and in spirit, for she
was a good woman, and had meant to
be a grateful one, till three months ago.
She remembered her chi!Jho)d. How
long the years seemed then ; how she
looked forward to the gathering of aunts
and uncles and cousins, in the old red
farm-house ; and what wonderful viands
grandmother always used to spread be
fore them.
Then she was a girl, coining back from
school, and her brother brought his class- j
mate home with him "tospend Thanks
giving." I
So she had met her husband. Her
brother was dead long since ; and now
James. A low cry escaped her ; the fire
grew dull, and she went on with her re
view of the past. Ther. came her wed
ding on Thanksgiving Day.
After that were not all her Thanksgiv
ing"! alike full of cheer, gratitude, bless
edness? And now
" I shall not try to keep Thanksgiving,'
she said, dreamily ; and looking ap, saw
ber husband sitting opposite her, in bis
own chair, which she had never moved
from its place by the hearth. Strangely
enough, she felt neither surprise nor fear,
dot did she remember her loss. It seem
ed so natural to see him there, that only
a sweet sense of peace stole over ber soul.
He looked at ber with tender gravity and
very clearly and slowly repeated a favor
ite quotation of his :
" Thou spent we are not all alone an
hapyy,' adding, "there axe other wid
ows beside you, Hettie."
Other widows ? What did be mean T A
brand fell ; blazed np, and went out She
erset
ESTABLISjKEjD 1827.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1888.
started np sod looked eajerly about The
chair opposite hers was empty. The clock
on the mantel struck nine. It had mark
ed the half-hour, she remembered, juntas
the first brands fell together. It liad been
a dieam, then. She shivered and catue
back to reality, lighted a lamp, fed the
dying fire, and returned to her new grief.
Now, because that lace had been so real,
her gladness so deep, and now it wasloat
once more, with a fresh bereavement
But though the tears fell hopelessly and
Cist from her eyes, and her heart ached
anew with rebellious anguish, sttil his
words kept recurring to her. She had
not thought of that before. There were
other widows, no doubt others sorrow
ing with her sorrow, in kind, if not in
degree. She remembered several whom
she had visited in her charitable rounds,
and was startled to remember how she
liad passed their sorrows by without any
real sympathy. A senxe of companion
ship stole ujioq her, as if, suddenly ttn
ed on some desert shore, she had met
with beings of ber own race after long,
lonely weeks of silence and desctr.
Then the thought Dashed acrxs her
that these women tnnst dread the recur
rence of Thanksgiving, just as she did
Why could she not ask them all to keep
the day with her?
She fell asleep thinking the matter
over, and awoke in the morning with a
shame-faced sense of some light and in
terest creeping into her life, hitherto so
sacredly wretched. Then she remember
ed her dream her husband's sad, grave
face. Perhaps she had done wrong in
mourning him so devotedly that ever her
children had to be set aside from their
place. Possibly it would please him bet
ter if she carried out her plan.
When the morning's, duties were ful
filled, she mt down again by the fire
not to dream now, but to plan for action.
But whom should she invite ? For she
began to see that Mrs. Broome, who lived
on the fourth story of a U uctin-nt house,
and earned a precarious living, would
hardly be a lit companion, at dinner, for
Mrs.(iraves, who husband had left her
a large fortune.
A text from the Bible flashed into her
uiind : " When thou makesl a feast, call
the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the
blind." With a thrill in her darkened
soul, she recognized the Master's call.
She was a sincere Christian ; but her love
and her great loss bad come between her
and her duty. The question as to her
guests was settled, and, in the afternoon
she set out on her errand. She selected
six poor widows, who would probably
not have feasted, but fasted at their own
homes. Mrs. Suybrook felt teat there
was a weight off her mind, and felt also
that she had been a happier and a better
woman for the last week. The children
entered joyfully into the idea of a Thanks
giving so novel, and all the more that
their mother told them, with trembling
lips : ' .
"I'apa would like It."
At last the festival day came. Mrs.
Broome, smiling in her new cap, and
Mrs. Perkins, trying to look blandly in
diil'urent, were the first to arrive. Then
the carriage made a secoud trip, bringing
lame Mrs. Hutchins, very meek in her al
paca gown ; Mrs. Peck, proudly stepping
along, and Aunt Hannah Brcmlield, as
" genteel as she could make herself in a
new muslin neckerchief. " WiJJer John
son" lived round the corner, so catue on
foot, entering with a new ear trumpet in
her hand, and her face radiaat and smil
ing. The dinner proved a great success. The
' baby " of the house sat in his high-chair
by mamma; but the elder boy and girl
waited on the guests and enjoyed their
office.
" Them is sweet children of your'n, Mis'
Suybrook," sighed Mrs, Broome. " My
if I'd had chick or child, 'twould' ve been
such a blein'."
That's so," chimed in Mrs. Perkins.
"I had two on 'etu, to be sure, when Per
kins was took ; but they wau't no com
fort lo speak of, for they went and had
diptheery inside of six months, and one
of 'em died right olf, jest as sudden. The
other one held by (quite a spell, but she
was the tniserablcsl you ever see. I could
not feel to keep her here a mite longer
I wanted her to gel rest aud easement
so."
Mrs. Saybrook's arm stole about little
Willie.aud Mrs. Hutchiiu remarked very
gently :
" I expect folks each has their special
troubles. 1 can't but remember when Jo
s.ah died and lelt me nigh about helpless
with hip-trouble ami a young babe, too.
It did seem is though nobody ever had(
or could have, no affliction like mine, but
somehow I got along, aud I found that
there was others quite as bad off as I was,
and the Lord help the lame andpoor,"
a smile and a tear together set their bright
seal to this confession of faith.
" Well," said Mrs. Peck, with an audi
ble sniff and a hard voice, " I didn't
think I was the worst off that ever was
when Peck died. He was a drinkin' man.
I didn't kiow nothin' of it when I was
married. He had the tremens three times
and died on't, and I went out a-sewin' to
keep body and sou" together. I could
have taken care of myself ef my eyes
hadn't a give out a spell ago."
Mrs. Sa brook regarded her with infi
nite pity.
" You don't none of ye hev jest my tri
al," said Aunt Brotnfield. " Tom Brom
field was fust mate to a whalin' ship wen
we wus man ted. My sakee, how lively
be was ! He had money, too. We was
eal well oft Twas kind o' barrowin to
hev him no an' ofT for a three years' voy
age right away, and then he didn't stay
iiome no time when he did come ; but I
bad twins ter to show him when be came
back fust, and yon never see a man so
pleased. Well, them boys was company
for me, you'd better believe. They was
always talk in' about whales and harpoon
era, and bed their little ships a-sailin' in
the pools. It makes me laugh now to
think of their tricks." And Aunt Han
nah drew her red silk handkerchief
across her eyes, not as if she were laugh-ng-
"Tlie fust I knowed my boys were 18
year old, and they badn't seenltheir pa
more'n six times ; but be come back then
and there they was, as likely men as
you'd see ; and he had money in the
bank, and he and John Stims tbey club
bed and bnilta whaler o' their own, and
Tom was Cap'n snd John fust mate, and
nothin' would do bnt them boys most go
along fust voyage. Well, its thirty years
ago ; I'm past sixty-eight now ; but I
don't like to talk on't The upshot is, sea
and waves roarin'day an night, an' night
an' day ; winds a-b)owin' an tempest
bowlin', and no more boys, nor husband,
nor nuthin', and here I be. I don't know
so much as where their bones do lie, nor
I haven't this thirty year."
Ther. was a dead silence. Nobody felt
like breaking it ; but little Ray, who had
listened, with her sweet bine eyes wide
opened aud her lii apart, put both her
arms about Aunt Hannah's neck, and,
with a child's quick wisdom, gave her a
resounding kiss.
That done me real good, dearie," she
said. I kep' a school for children twenty
odd year. I don't know but what I should
ha' died but for them. Waitin U work,
now, I teil ye ; but I hain't got nothin'
to wait for now only for the sea to
give 'em up, and that's pretty fur ahead."
The others said nothing, ixmbtless
they, too, had their sorrow j, but they
would sound tame after Aunt Hannah's
recital.
When dinner was over they gathered
about the drawing-room fire, and tea was
served. Soon afterward the carriage took
them away in relays, and Harriet Say
brook sat down in the library and hid
her face in her hands.
What had she not to lie thankful for?
Living, affectionate children, a long,
sweet memory of love and care lavished
on her. of complete happiness, an ample
provision Heft not only her needs, but
her comforts. How terribly ungrateful,
how unthinking, how sinful she had been.
Only one cry could burst from her litis :
I do thank Thee ! Lord, be merciful to
me, a sinner." j
And neither she nor her guests of that
occasion ever forg it her first, but not her
last," Widowed Thanksgiving Festival."
Mrt. Irene E-cr, in Pctfnn't.
Famous Women.
It is a significant fact that tnist women
who have achieved fame in art, litera
ture, or "affair," have enjoyed vigorous
health. This shows that the mind is
never capable of the severe and contin
ued application necessary to create work,
unless the body is at its best. The wom
an who aspires to fill an exalted place
among her as-iates, must be free from
nervous debility and female weaknesses.
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription will
banish these, and it is warranted to re
store those functional harmonies which
urw lu-iispeiisaote to neaun. -as a siie-
' ii
i.i . ... ,
cine tor an inose cnronic weannesses I
and ailments peculiar to women, it
unequaled.
'
It Was Unbearably Dull.
He got off at the D. and M. depot the
other day, looked around with some anx
iety, and then asked a policeman :
"Anybody going to be hung in town
to-day?"
" Nobody, sir."
" Any big fires raging V
"No,"
" Any riots around V
" Haven't beard of any.
" Any prize-fights or horte races T
" No."
"No runaways, boiler explosion-i, or
falling from fourth-story windows?"
"There's none on the program."
" Might be some slabbing affray, or sa
loon tight V
" Yes, but I don't think so."
" Humph .' iK-troit naist lie a nice place
to live in ! If that's all it amounts to, I'll
sit down here and go back by the next
train."
And, as the policeman solemnly affirms
he sat down in the waiting-room fo four
straight hours and took a train home
without having left the building. fc
froif Ertt Prca.
Amusementfor English School
boys.
I believe that Uppingham makes fuller
provision than any other existing school
lo meet the neccessity for diverse em
ployment or healthy amusement out
side of study hours. Until within a few
years the gnat schools mostly contented
themselves with providing facilities for
cricket and foot ball. For these ample
provision is made at Uppingham in sev
eral Urge playing fields, and the cricket
ers of the school particularly have won
for themselves a record so distinguished
as to prove conclusively that exclusive sttrH.rt without disaster the weight of j that away down in Santa liosu, in a lone- i '!ew'n ':irf l,;n?4
attention to this game is not essential to I wild bulls, who have a trick of climbing j ly place by the bank of a stream, bad j ' initials, suggestive of the o n-i's
great success. But Mr. Thriug was per- j uism the ant heaps, when partially tin- j U-en found the body of a young man ! name, are much admired as pendants for
haps the first head master who fully real- ishe l, as durable points from which to handsome and well dressed, but w ithont ! z',,T(r buttoner
ized and acted upon the fact that many a j survey the surrounding country. In fact, j anything about him to give any clue to , IIr!' chain bracelet much in favor is
b-iyhasnotthesta:ninafortheega;nosof' the while ant earth has been quarried his identity. A bullet hole was throngh i of silver, each link ln-,iig paved on top
strength and skill, nor can lie, by any I and used by the missionaries in some : his head and a revolver, with one chain- j "''h diamonds,
amount of forced exercise, be led to take j places on Lakes Nvassa and Tanganyika I ber emutv. was still Hutched in his ri"ht I wo pink pearls sep ir.ife.1 by a g. .! b n
pleasure in them. Thegymnasium, oj-n-ed
in ISol) under care of a competent
gymnastic master, was the first possessed
by any public school in Kngland. For
many years the school has had in opera
tion a carpentry, where any boy, by the
small fee, can secure regular and compe
tent instruction in the working, of wood
and the use of carpenter's tools. Iu lsSJ
this field of useful manual occupation
was enlarged by the construction of a
forge and metal workshop, where skilled
instruction is similarly given, and a boy
can go far towards making himself a com
petent mechanical engineer.
In the same category may be included
the school gardens. These gardens, open
ed in 1871, cover some acres, and are laid
out and planted w ith much taste. Here
a boy may have allotted to him a small
plot of ground for the cultivation of plants
and flowers. In connection with the
gardens is an aviary, where the lad with
a taste for natural history has an oppor
tunity to observe the life and habits of a
considerable collection of birds. A pret
ty stone building looking out u;on the
gardens serves as a school sanitarium,
and if beautiful surroundings conduce to
health, Uppingham patients ought to re
cover rapidly. The want of any stream
of considerable size near at hand led to
tlie construction, a few years ago, of large
swimming baths, where the boys can per
fect themselves in an art which, while it
does so much to protect life, is also of
great sanitary value. George R. Pnrkin
in Tit Century.
A writer who has given attention to the
matter of feeding sheep, states that the
best ration he ever knew was composed
of equal parts, by weight of corn, oats,
peas and millet to every fifteen bushels
of which one bushel of flaxseed should
be added, and the whole ground together.
It fattens sheep very rapi dy.
The worst feature about catarrh is its
dangerous tendency to consumption.
Hood's Sarsaparilia cures catarrh by pu
rifying the blood.
T
Good Nature In Politics.
It is rather pleasant, now that the po
litical conflict is over, to cote in what
good nature the entire country seems to
be. The two great parties, nainbern be
tween them somewhere in the neigbor
bood of 10X),0iX) voters.are on agreeable
terms with each other, and if the Demo
crats are less tnmnlt'xmsly happy than
the Republicans, they at least take their
defeat smilingly, gracefully, even merrily.
Indeed, the only disgruntled people are
that punv handful w ho made up what
they were pleased to term the third par
ty, though it is a party that could muster
not to exceed :!tXU0 in the entire coun
try, and had no other relation to the con
test between the great parties than to run
under foot and make itself troublesome.
It is rather astonishing the amount of
noise this 'third party" is making now,
possibly because it waj not able 1 1 elect
so much as a legislator. But that faction
for it is nothingof more dignity is like
some of the bettors on the general re
suits, those who risked the least are must
clamorous over their losses, or boastful
over their gains. A pig ispiealing for
tniik creates a greater disturliance of the
peace than a whole drove of cattle going
to urus).
But this has been a campaign of funny
isms. Memory of man recalls not annth
i r occasion of such universal interest in a
National election, an interest that brought
out the aged and the infirm, and made
the spirrts of the old leap with the en
thusiasm of youth. Each one Hung him
self into the business of politics w ith an
ardor and a confidence that were inspir
ing at the time and are KUtliciently amus
ing now. What ludicrous wagers were
made by men who are ordinarily too
grave and preoccupied with serious cures
to remember that they were ever boys
and knew the taste of folly!
Staid and resctable men of affairs
seemed bent on devising the most ridicu
lous forfeits in case their judgment of the
popul.iry tendency proved amiss. Here
an agn-etnent that the 1 s r should sub-
mit to be spanked publicly by the win
i ner; there a man proposing to yield liim
i self to lie kicked reiieatclly if his candi- j
date should be defeated; again, a con-
i trad that imposed uiion the loser the ob
1 ligation to do a day's washing, standing
; over the till in his dress suit ; or, a dig-
nified lawyer agreeing to stand on his
i. i ... i t. i ..i t i ...
I neid in a wagon ami be hauled aootit
t ivn at the head of a tirocession. Tiie
j victim of one bargain shaved off one side
I of his mustache and goes about a given
nuiiilierof days with the otlier half of
his former pride, the lonesome evidence
of his patriotic frenzy. One man testi
fied to his lack of prescience by standing
on the street corner holding out bis hat
for alms, and a fashionable gentleman
who never did a day's work in his life
entered upon the laborious task of saw
ing a cord of wood.
In fact evory conceivable device for the
humiliation of the vanquished and for
the uproarious entertainment of his
friends was set in play by the social and
mischievous voters and would-be voters,
always in the belief that the other fellow
would have to face the niusic. It was a
campaign of carnival in which laughter
and mirth had too large a part to permit
sorrows and bad temper toenter into any
natural disappointment in tlie final out
come. The fun of paying forfeits took
the edge off the Dennx-ratic defeat, and
it is probable that no election ever left
the country in a more amiable frame of
mind than the last one. Young and old
entered with zest into the jocularclearing
np. .V. ". .V'i'7 and Esprt.
Strength of White Ant Earth.
When a fragment of earth has been
cut away by one of these soft little in
sects, it is so mixed and worked up with
a glutinous saliva, which it ejects, that it
liecomes like an exceedingly tenacious
mortar, and, when dry, turns into a sub
stance as compact and strong as stone
itself. Out of this substance the whole
of that portion of the dwelling that lies
above the ground is built tip bit by bit,
each bit being hardly larger than a mus
tard see.L There are often many ons of
this stone-like stuff in a single ant hill;
and it is not only sostrongasto resist the
i terrib'e furv of tropical storms, but it will
as material for building their houses ; and
in South Africa the natives pave their
floors with it and use it to build their
ovens.
Successful Amateur Faith Cur
ing.
A reporter tried his hand at faith cur- !
ing the other dty. He was standing on ,
me iiuiii iiaii.iriu in u a.truire .i .um .
the driver's nose began to bleed. After
several ineffectual attempts had lieen
made to stop the bleeding the reirter,
who feared the driver would be seriously
inconvenienced, to say the least, thought
he would try an exiieriuient Taking a
piece of paper from his pocket he hand
ed it to the sufferer, with the remark :
"Put that in your mouth, between the
tongue and the inside of the lower gum.
It's the greatest remedy ever known for
nose bleeding. We used it in our family
for seven generations, and it never failed
to-cure." The driver did as he was bid,
and inside of a minute the bleeding stop
ped. What effected the cure? Was it the
efficacy of the paper or the faith the driv
er had in its remedial powers? il'iVn''y
fun P-t.
I bought medicine in thirteen Stales,
but nothing beiped me till I used Fly's
Cream Balm. In four days I could
hear as well as ever. I am cured of ca
tarrh as well. It is the best medicine
ever used, (iarret Widrick, Ilxstings,
N. Y.
lie was doing very nicely in the par
lor, when solemn voice came through
the open window from the porch :
" That young man makes me very
tired."
" Don't be alarmed, Mr. Sampson "said
the girt as be hastily started up, "it is
only Polly, our parrot"
"I understand it's the parrot," he re
plied, "but I would like to know who
taught ber to talk," -V. Y. Sun.
Make each day a critic on the last
WHOLE XO. 1950.
Leprosy Among the the Chinese
In America.
-V writer who has given attention to
tin- alarming fact that the hideous dis
ease of leprosy is being introduced into
th's county by the Chinese, gives the
lol lowing to the press:
iThe recent discovery of a Chinese leper,
named Sam Ling, over in Newark, and
tins consequent local excitement there-
upon, have had quite a marked eilW t in i, k baby on a pillow, and there she
re-Awakening New Yorkers to a on- j heid him and gentiy swung him to and
sciousness that there is a vast deal of this ; fro n niht long, rot-kin.; and bailing
horrible disease wherever there are j him to sleep. In the morning he was
Chinamen, and that New York has a , well again, and Bess appeared as happy
largo Chinese population. hit of pru- M a mother who had nursed a hiid over
dent consideration for the prejudices of ; a spell of -in km-.
while people, who generally believe the j "When we were going to Loweil from
dieae infections ttn opinion not shar- j piston Rube, who had a sore f,t, was
el by the Chinese our Mongolian neigh-j pUt ui one of the li-.Mg" wagons and
U rs generally take very good care tohide j r,n ahead. When they came to
away their lepers. I rt.lrt t!,e elephants for the march, Bess
Only a few weeks ago, an American j missed her pet and broke out in open re
physi. ian here, learning from a Chinese i beliion. she stood and tnimj.ete.1 f,.r
convert where there was a ler in a far I l,j,, snorted and tran.ed ar-ttn l in ev
a.ivanced stage of the disease, sought to ,-iteinent, snd would not driven. The
viev the rase for the purpose of making j c.tl1(.r eiephants be -in t share b. r ex--t
study of it. He found th house, on j citetneiit, and a man had to 1 sent on a
-noil street, wticretlie man wis secreted.
but was met on the stairs by a couple of
t iiiuatiien who made him un.ierstand
by signs that they would chop his head
off with a couple of very ug'y looking
hatchets that they brandished if he rs-rsis-
ten in trying to filtrate any f.-.rther. He
fl-d, but returned the next day, accom-
ptnied with a health officer armed with
authority tosean h the house. It was too
late, however. The leper had been spirited
away during the night, and whether he
is still kept somewhere in the swarming
i. ; .... ..r ... . . . i . - . t - . .
...c-o. .uo.is.rrei or was su.ppeu Ou to
nc.icune or -earo, au.i taey wtu not
tell.
hether leprosy is really infections or N.,w tllt.re u charii(. of Ular, ,lf
not, Californ.ans-wh j have had more , tnule. one of the -bar,-- trailer, n tiie
opi-ortumties to study Chinese life than , (W . A whj ,,v ,hw h,.n,Irt.,,
e of the hast have enryed-th,nk that , thousand, and buy. in the same evtrava
lt is, and eert.imly a good many people j nt QUan.itv. j kn,)W f(.r fj,.t ,., Jt f ,r
have died of it on the Pacific Slope. I j VOH1, p;uit be has made it a rule to sell
was perfectly cogmzant of one such case lorln wheilt everv ,,, hi.,
that was painfully tragic. A young man j t00. B..t ,lr n(.ver frim ,he
treasurer and 'genera! manager of a flour- , , (h siJ(, .,. he ,
.slung brew in- company, m which he j lilae lmsh ,,K mt H. w b,)r jM t
owned an interest, board.-, w!.re I did. bloom. The very first dav he see, fl-.w-on
I Farrell street. I do not think that er 0!lt on tfial particular b.tsli h- goes on
I ever knew a more genial, generous, I the an,j ., rii,t an,j rftj aml
over and popular young !! than he kww it . Ti,.s h. ,,,, ., , Iv.,
w as. One .lay he called me int his room
and directed my attention to a singular
sp t on the right side of his neck, where
tiie collar ordinarily covered it. It was
about the size of a dime, round, and Iisik
e.l as if painted with zinc-white, or rath
er as if all color had ln-en extracted from
the tissues there. " Do you know whnt
that is?" he asked me. I hesitated.
While Ibelieied that I knew for I had
already been examining leprosy consid
erably it seemed too awful a thing to
.i:.. ... . . ...
....... u.ai my nttn.tsoroe. talented, utyine
a : I i ) ft .
jo.ing irierm, wuom wean iix.M so mticli
lor hut manly wortn, had upon him the
ineffaceable brand of that most horrible
doom. " I believe you suspect what it is,
as I do," he went on, " but w e will see
how it progresses. We may both Is?
wrong."
Some six weeks later he called me in
again to look at the spot. It had grown
to the bigness of a silver quarter. And
another spot was showing. No doubt
ws possible. He was doomed. "I know
when I caught it; three years ago," he
re-narked. We wasted no' words discuss
iu the situation, for we both knew that
his condition was hopeless. II,- simp'y
pressed my hand saying, "Don't mention
it to anybody." I said, "No." A few
days passed in which he seemed as
light hearted as ever. Meanwhile, as we
af-erward learned, he was ouietlv and
systematically closing np all his business I
affairs. Then one night as we met in the
hall he shook hands) and said, "Oood
bye.'' I understood him c.ini-tlv. hut
could not, under the circiii.Lstan.-rs. dis- i
approve of his purpose. He went out I
and did not return. Two or three dv j
elapsed. The landlady- pretty little
widow, as good as she was charming, to
whom he was engaged to be married- !
was very anxious about him. At his!
place of business there was much won-
derment over his disappearance. His
friends, and he had many, were all exer-
' cised about him. The news reached ns
I hand. It was our friend. !!( had put
a stop to his lc pray, by the only one
possible death.
.
MrS. Cleveland's Double.
Mrs. Cleveland has ber double in i
I UJiinjt.m Tt,o la.l. la Vi-a Mllun !
s ; ,..,.l.-.,l ; '
rncn:s, and the joke of the resemblam-e
g tn .viuijen has lieen inno.
,,,, (r untji ;. recently.
-. ,
1 ou !
know that the Marine Band plays every
Satunlay afternoon in the rear of the
Whito House. On these occasions the
grounds are crowded with visitors, and
those of the middle classes of Washing
ton society. I believe it is not tlie prqier
r.-.i .1
I Sijciu. ( ajier ior wie euuf vt aiieira i.iwi
concerts. Soon after the marriage of Mr.
Cleveland the concerts seemed to grow
ia popularity. A better class of Wash
ington society attended them than had
been wont. Then it began to be whis
pered that it was all on account of Mrs
Cleveland's presence at them. Tiii, of
course, increased attendance, and then it
was discovered that Miss Mullen, who
went to the concerts with great regular
ity, had been mistaken for Mrs. Cleve
land. It is said Miss Mullen has not lost
her senses on account of the resem
blance. 7iicigo 7T'i'.
A sparrow with white wings was seen
i m in!oi:r, .v t. tiie otner aitcrnoon. it
, ,' ,
bun. Ired
led an
army of nearly one
! brown sparrows f'irsevpral hours. When
:.'.,.,,,, . ,,
I the "curio" alighted the others vlM
i ..!;..? an.l vh.n it circled about or fleW
, , (
in a straight line they would immediately ;
follow suit, keeping always, however, st
a most rei?etmi distance. i
A curious monstrosity has been acquir
ed by the Paris Museum of Natural His
tory. It is an apparently healthy sow,
having one head, one throat and two
forelegs, with two trunks, two Ui! and
four hind legs.
In to-day already walks to-morrow.
Little
j "Nothing is more curious an I in:ere
: ing anions the many st ran ire tinirs to t.
i noted in and about a menagerie," said
; the veteran manager James M. Niton to
' a New York reporter, "than tiie devoted
. affection that ei i.ai:ts frr.pient.y ie
j mona'raUt fir docs. t.iu of the best ii-
lustration that I ever sadr was the loe
i between Bess and Itu'oe. Bess was a '.i-
maie elephant and Kube was a setter J..g.
, Besa was never easy when Rulie was out
! of her sight. Her keen little eyes) would
follow his every movement if he was
frisking about, and if he disappeared she
would utter a littie scream thai wou'J
bring him ga'.Untly back tt her in a hur
ry. She never seetxedso hsppy as when
be was !y:c asleep on the hay in frcnt
of her, with her bi truck waving over
hiiu. One time RaUt jut aici. She t s.
the best care of him that she knew how
in her elephantine way. h- mad a
bunch of hay about a foot thick, ar.d
Urge enough for him to lieeoiie-l up on,
and in some way made him understand
that ue shouid lie down on it. Then she
deftly worked her big trunk around un
der the bunch of bay so as to tike it up,
with him on it. as a woman takes up a
. swift horse after Kiibe. The w i.n ,
ag.
sirs
was on came back. The d
, thrown oja-n so that I'-ss could see him.
; she went to him, touched hiui gently all
j over with her trunk, blinked at him.
, made a sm-cession of sounds that sounded
j k(, the blowing off of steam from the
, exaust pipe of a boiler, and then jogged
along behind bin. contentedly ail the
way, the doors of the wagm twin, kept
open."
j
j Superstitions of a Speculator.
- It's verr curious "
remarked a speru-
, .
therdav, "wlkit a string in
fluence littia tlltn. "I .Toll nvur.ima n-un
j larly for som years ptst 'hat it is a coin-
m.in remark on change at these times,
that 'Charles lilac bush is iu bloom."
What is more curious, too, is that he
hasn't made a mistake for years past. It's
been a perfect mascot fur him. No, I
won't tell you where the bn-h is, but he
passes by it every day on his way down
town, and I tell you he watches it closely
too. Lot. of the by have tried to find
out where it is located, but there are hun-
lred-i if lilac bushes along the street, and
he isn't f.. enough to give it awav
! "
away.
U.r case-
, - An.j j kn)Vr of ,lltiier
j (no;
continued the speculator. " JIf
typewriter, a woman of about M years nf
age, has some particular thing that she
watevhs on her way down town in the
morning, ar.d, as a curious matter of fact,
that woman will walk into the olli.-e, sit
down at her desk, write out a prediction
of the course of the day's markets, and
then put it away. It co-nes tnn, too
that's the curious part of it. She will
not tell how she does it, but for week
past she named the inarket'serratici-oiirse
accurately. Do I ever trade on her pre
diction ?. Wei!, not oft ;n. Yo.lkniwn I
don't lielteve in those things. But it's
mighty curious, to say the least, isn't
it?" lilnjii ''(.
Novelties in Jewelry.
A trefoil of pearl, with a diamond base.
I n,altw' a" attractive t i; of a b mm-t pi...
makes at. attractive t ; of a b inne
A gol.lt'n cis pie, half hi brig a warrior
face, in con e'.iiin, nuikesa unique br'ss h.
lU,,lh "'l pllt !- '!';- "f -
ll',t !,t'Tl"'-. attractive
"'r"1-
A small jockey 's cap of tiny pearls and
""I"' ' "11Kn ',1""
ofsf"rf I""-
An a:fie' cUw' l"j!,lm-' handsome
H'1'"1'- ' a !-!'" les.gn for a single
prr"1,? hair '"n'
nammeren gold erc-enr, wittitn
i w,'"'n ! ""' '"Wl-me-not. is a pretty
i tstssel s-t w ith seed p.-aris is a hau l-o.iie
: design in bonnet puis.
! carnation pink paved with rubbles.
i having two diamond pis'ils, make a e, t-
j iy but attractive design in bro !,es.
A narrow silver ribbon, paved with
diamonds and twisted around a crystal
tul. is unique design in s.-et.t bottle.
Knauielcd
ate b ess :s,
variety of
n nattc'iis re
stnail lloAers,
are much ad-
presenting a
ll.tHi Ol.tillOllli tTlllflS,
,
niiren.
Anplied work on botilwinnieres
1
watchcasesisiiri.il admired. It gives
additional strength and rigid. ty to the
article.
Two crossed silver IwttTe axes, ",-!!!-porting
a gold shield surrounded by a
wreath of the same material, form an at
tractive design in brooches.
A ctt!y hricelet m-ently seen was a
tripple row of alternate graded dimionds
and pearls, having on the t.piier .J.le five
portrait medallions surrounded by small
brilliants. Jstrrlm HVriy.
Tickets, Please!
The passenger-train conductor has in
many repecbt the m.v. il.tlicu't posi
tion in the railroad ranks. He should
be a first-class freight conductor, and a
polished ip titleiiian to IksiI. Hut in his
long apprenticeship on a freight train he
has very likely lsen lea mil. how not
. to fulfil the additional re.piiruiev'ts of a
i '
I nusuaniNifj tv.t . (t ta-f r-.s I I . a n.ttuF as . i vat
. . .
' manage hi trim in a sort of an!om.ie
, .... , , . .L
i '
I care of his passengers and the collection
of tickets. He must be good at figures.
keeping accounts, and handling money.
though the freight train service has giv-
I en him no experieme in thi line. Y ear
by year ths clerical work comHf"d
with the taking nr of tickets and collect
ing of cash fares has len in-resrd un
t.i now on many roads an rx.-rt bans
eierk would be noise V proti.-ient for
th. duties impose.!. 11. R. .Ilttit, in
Scriburr't.
Elephantine Ba33 and
Rube, the Barker.